The significant drop in physical activity among children on holidays in a small town in the Tohoku district

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 59-64

  Mitsui, Takahiro ^a   Barajima, Tomoko ^b   Kanachi, Michihiko ^c   Shimaoka, Kiyoshi ^d  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Division of Public Health and Social Welfare   (Japan)

^c Hachinohe University   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Pedometer; Physical activity; Tohoku district

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; SCHOOL; WALKING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; SCHOOLS; WALKING;

EID: 77954835519     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.29.59     Document Type: Article

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